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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-16144 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-4307
    Last Civil Registration:N53131
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 42-16144 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye Municipal Airport, Buckeye, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16144.

    By April 1963

    To James L. Tyler, Queens Creek, AZ with new c/r N53131.

    By 1971

    To Marsh Aviation Company, Litchfield Park, AZ keeping c/r N53131.

    Circa December 1971


    Photographer: Steve Nation
    Notes: In Litchfield Park, AZ.

    6 August 1972

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number LAX73FUJ14: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 12:30 hours. The damage was substantial. This was a local flight from Florence, AZ. The engine failed or malfunctioned while pulling up from a crop dusting run. The gear collapsed during the landing rollout. The factors included; overload failure and jettisoned load. There was a partial power loss with the failure of one engine...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    28 July 1988

    To Hans O. Lauridsen, Carefree, AZ keeping c/r N53131.

    18 February 1998

    To Hans O. Lauridsen, Litchfield Park, AZ keeping c/r N53131.
    Markings added: 251
    US Navy titles.

    10 July 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N53131 (A75N1(PT17), 75-4307) issued.

    13 July 2000

    Crashed.
    There was one serious injury. The accident occurred at the Windsor Municipal Airport (MO53) Windsor, MO, United States while cruising. The damage was substantial. The pilot said he took off from Ozark, Arkansas, with the intent of landing at Sedalia, Missouri. About 150 miles into the flight, [the] engine started missing. It would miss, then run a while, then miss again. Over Windsor, Missouri, [the] engine started missing continually. The pilot said that he saw an X-out strip north of Windsor...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    27 February 2014


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: Part of the Laurisden collection at Buckeye AZ

    24 February 2016

    To Hans O. Lauridsen, Phoenix, AZ keeping c/r N53131.

    Based at Lauridsen Aviation Museum, Buckeye Municipal Airport, Buckeye, AZ.
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    25 July 2019

    Civil registration, N53131, cancelled.
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